CPMA 2023, Toronto, Ontario

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CPMA 2023, Toronto, Ontario

Ribbon cutting and the official opening of CPMA's 2023 Toronto trade show.

A home show for Nature Fresh Farms. From left to right: Niels Peter Klapwijk, Spencer Lightfoot, Matt Quiring, Jocelyn Mastronardi, and Frank Neufeld.

School-themed Snack Supplies were designed to motivate kids to pick a healthy snack option for their lunches.

Yoom Tomatoes from Nature Fresh Farms won the Best New Product award.

Steve Page and Greg Akins with Catalytic Generators and sister company QA Supplies that had several quality testing products on display.

Canada is a key component of Divine Flavor's sales. Happy to be in Toronto are Patrick Cortes, Michael DuPuis, Carlos Bon, Luis Urbina, and Mike DeMattia.

Kraig Loomis, Natasha Smith and Brian Gomez with GreenFruit Avocados are excited about the Colombian avocado season that will start in two weeks.

Cole Mucci and Ajit Saxena with Mucci Farms proudly show different packaging options of Savorries Strawberry Tomatoes, the company's latest product introduction.

Relaxation lounge just outside the entrance of the show floor, sponsored by Mucci Farms.

Kamal Zeewari and Mauro Santelli with Natural Delights proudly show two new date varieties; Sukkari and Ajwa.

Natural Delights has developed date racks that can be placed next to bananas as bananas are one of the most purchased items in the store.

Luis Gonzalez, Paul Newstead, Ryan Cleary, Conner O'Malley, Tanya Shoemaker, and Kailan Elder with Superfresh Growers.

Team Canadawide from Montreal. From left to right Elena Pitsikoulis, Nick Pitsikoulis, Jessica Dube, Ozane Faubert, and George Pitsikoulis.

A new line from Canadawide under their Frescadel brand: exotics with unique branding that are exclusively available at Sobeys.

Jose and Ricardo Roggiero are walking the show and promoting pitahayas from Ecuador.

Team Red Sun Farms proudly shows a large variety of greenhouse grown products.

Cherry tomatoes, a tomato medley, and grape tomatoes from Red Sun Farms.

Jim Grabowski, Kindle Cowger, and Dan Crowley with Well Pict Strawberries.

The Fruit & Vegetable Dispute Resolution Corporation is represented by Jaime Bustamante, Luc Mougeot, and Kevin Smith.

Colin Chiu with Packright Manufacturing, joined by Benny Gendelman, Veronica Williams and Rhonda Sanders of CKF. The company just announced a Canadian retail trial for 18 oz top seal blueberry punnets.

Diana Ramirez and Steven Ceccarelli with Farm Fresh Produce. Best known for North Carolina grown sweet potatoes, the company also grows vegetables including cabbage, squash and green bell peppers.

Jennie Coleman and Kim Chackal with Equifruit, promoting Fairtrade bananas.

Queen of Greens from Sunset/Mastronardi Produce won the Best Organic Product Award.

Caihua Shi, Jessica Hughes, Tom Hughes and Dan Martin with EarthFresh.

The trailer from EarthFresh attracted a lot of guests. Their fries and beer are always popular.

Chris Ford of Viva Tierra is flanked by Ariana Echevarria Fiol and Paola Francia Montoya with la grama. The company offers organic ginger from Peru.

Organic ginger packaging options for retailers and club stores.

Paul Foster, Kari Maggiorini, and Bryan Fank from Tom Lange/Seven Seas.

Joost Somford and Andrew Long with JASA Packaging. Andrew started with JASA two months ago and is responsible for East Coast sales.

Rodrigo Cilloniz, Chad Hansen, and Sarah Quackenbush with North Bay Produce.

Smiles in the CPMA booth. From left to right are Heather Urban, Shannon Sommerauer, Lyse McClelland, Josue Kashama, and Ron Lemaire.

Team Pure Flavor. From left to right: Chris Veillon, Lindsay Gammon, Carmine Borrelli, Amanda Sebele, Paul Murracas, Jamie Moracci, and Joe Sbrocchi.

Greenhouse grown personal melons are one of the latest product introductions of Pure Flavor.

Jared Robinson and David Armenta with Rainier Fruit had Envy apples on display.

Gretchen Lane and Celyne Goulet with NatureSeal.

Jodi Green, Bob Wilkinson, and Rebecca Catlett with Arctic Apples.

Bob Catinella, Prentice Dent, Jim Morris, and Bob Koehler with USA Pears.

Justin Carson, Caroline Leblanc, and Shimmy Silverman with Avocados From Mexico.

They traveled all the way from Spain; Enrique Salvador Gimenez and Josefina Mena with Moyca.

Matt Craycraft with Verbruggen Palletizing Solutions.

Oscar and Judith Miranda with Berry People.

Gert-Jan Dekker and Eelco Abma with Agrolux.

Team Highline Mushrooms proudly shows mushrooms in transparent packaging. Jose Cambon (middle) is the company's new CEO, who came over from Australia.

Mushrooms in transparent packaging, something that's unique in North America.

David Fausset and Nick Garcia with Westfalia Fruit.

Scott Howarth, David Ramynke and Chris Faxon with Sinclair.

Lauren McKinnon and Debbie Rogers with Zespri.

Brian Slagel and Mark Cassius with Sol Group Marketing. They proudly work with Canadian retailers.

Enjoying young fresh coconut with a straw.

Michael Gotkowski, Samantha de Puyjalon, Krystal Shaw, and Jeremy Duran with Emerson.

Chris Yli-Luoma and Karen Brux with Fruits from Chile proudly show Chilean grapes.

Jeff Thomas with North Carolina Scott Farms.

Mark Zachanowich, John Moretto, and Kevin Fischer with Volm Companies in front of a vertical paper bagger.

New sustainable packaging options from Volm Companies.

Steve Raifman and Joe Salvo with Ponderosa Mushrooms.

Living mushrooms are a new product from Ponderosa Mushrooms.

Fiddleheads, Morel mushrooms, and white asparagus from France. Ponderosa Mushrooms also sources white asparagus from the Netherlands.

Hardeep Singh, Sim Buttar, and Kurt Palmbox with A&B Packing Equipment.

Tim Mortensen and Mike Michelena with Kuehne + Nagel.

Andrea Ceri and Federico Brera with Omnia Packaging. The company has been present in Canada for 1.5 years.

Packaging options from Omnia Packaging that are all recyclable, compostable, and glue-free.

Carey Tufts with Star Produce shows lettuce in a sleeve that's backyard compostable and doesn't leave micro plastics behind. The company has been working with CTK Bio in British Columbia on sleeves and clamshells.

Brian Bengard and Ernst van Eeghen with Church Brothers Farms show whole leaf Romaine and Tuscan Baby Romaine lettuce.

Promotion of Cosmic Crisp apples outside the convention center.

Mario Masellis, Ron Lemaire, and Colin Chapdelaine of CPMA's Executive Committee.

Team Canam Fresh is happy to be at CPMA.

Raechel Charlton, Courtney Enns, Cristina Hambly, and Alexa Hambly with Gwillimdale Farms.

Heather Fuller and Chuck Watson with Braga Fresh.

Steve Smith, Marianne Plath, and Troy Howard with Washington Fruit & Produce.

Denny Bilton, Vincent Lebrun, and Simon Hunt with MAF Industries.

Andrew Maiman, Sergio Torres, and Bruno Giribaldi with Camposol North America.

The Washington Apple Commission is promoting Cosmic Crisp apples. From left to right: Nicole Finelli, Jennie Strong, Lindsey Huber, Mark Ebedes, and Lauren Pugh.

Sean Bartlett with Provide Agro and Arjan Dol with Greefa.

Gillian Lochhead and Himanshi Himanshi with Geodis.

Willy Pardo, Marcia Pardo, Whitney Lett (Southern United States Trade Association) and Chris Gonzalez with WP Produce promoting tropical avocados from Florida.

Casey Corley and Dante Galeazzi with the Texas International Produce Association.

Danny Dumas and Tommy Padilla with Calavo Growers.

Richard Butera and Jeffrey Stachelek with Maglio Companies.

Kevin Houx, Cheryl Hoefs, Megan Berenbach, Lilia Carmen, and Santiago Pena with Mission Produce.

Katie Manetti and Christine Christian with the California Strawberry Commission.

Alexandre Gervais and Dominique Jobin with Vooban.

Matt Tanner, Howard Nager, and Angie Eastham with Pacific Trellis / Dulcinea. Howard shows grapes from Chile.

Team WestRock shows different types of packaging. From left to right: Michael McLeod showing WetTech corrugated, Kimberly Wetter showing a carton apple carrier, Andrew Freeman shows carton primary package and corrugated master shipper and Jaylen Ponder shows a topseal tomato punnet.

Adrian de Jonge with NNZ has different types of packaging on display.

From Quebec came team Centre maraicher Eugene Guinois. Arthur Patenaude, Tom Whyte, Audrey Primeau, Sylvie Guinois, and Jocelyn Primeau.

Morgan Amicone and Paul Arrowsmith with Amco Group.

The team from the Little Potato Company Ltd.

Huertos De Cotzocon SC DE RL DE CV Maria Victoria and Jeanete Aleman are seedless Persian limes exporters from Mexico to the US and Canada.

Fox Packaging and Fox Solutions DJ Reynolds.

Millstream Farming owner Joel Starling with their sweet potatoes, which is exported from the US to Canada and Europe.

MS Mango Farm had Jessica Rodriquez and Zaira Rivera represent the mango growers and suppliers from Puerto Rico.

Sweet-pac are growers and exporters of asparagus and corn.

The Southern United States Trade Association had their Canada based representative Maryam Ahoo at the show.

Grower Network, LLC Ken and Kim Corbett grow and export bell pepper, squash, cucumber and citrus from Georgia.

The Thomas Fresh team with their potatoes and exotic fruit.

The US Blue Book Services were on hand to present information to the Canadian industry says Tim Hickey.

FirstFruits Farms owner Tim Cavanaugh and Pal Misano are apple growers, shippers and packers.

VLAM - Belgium Fruits & Vegetables had the companies BelOrta, Fresh Fruit Service and DBS Agro who saw good interest from Canadians at the show.

The US National Watermelon Promotion Board had Michelle Gibson and Juliemar Rosado on hand to showcase the work they do.

SiCar Farms Jackie Carrillo, Luis Gudino and Brenda Covarrubia are exporters of limes and citrus.

Aguacates JR's from Mexico Gerald Baez says the superbowl is their biggest sales period in the US with sales also rising in Canada during this time.

The Mexican pavilion was a hive of activity during the show with avocados, grapes and limes on offer.

Agro Gonzamex Patricia Margarita Magana, Karla Gabriela Suarez and Alejandro Zuniga export avocados from Mexico to the US and a growing Canada market.

Don Sanchez Fresh Jorge Mendoza Periban says they export avocados from from Mexico to the US and Canada, their main markets.

Frutasí Avocados and Limes Daniel Arreguin and father and son both named Erick grow and export avocados and limes from Mexico to the US and a growing Canada market.

The Mexican pavilion was a hive of activity during the show with the grapes a highlight next to the avocados and limes.

Globalfrut Lic. Juan Carlos and Livia Casillas with their Lucky 7 brand avocados exported from Mexico to the US, Canada, Japan and Europe.

Coliman avocado and papaya suppliers from Mexico celebrated their 60 years of business says Alberto Pena.

MULTIVAC Canada's Phil Crozier, Andy Malacaria and Andrew Lebeau say they had a good and busy show.

JMB grow and export asparagus with company representatives Dan and his wife Larelle Miller and Donald Alford. They export from the US to Asia, the Pacific Rim and Canada.

Vertical Choice Andy Eustis, Jessica Olmstead and Jay Kallu grow leafy greens in a greenhouse and happy to be at the show to display their produce.

Bandall Inc packing machinery was popular with visitors at the show says the team Julian Luciania, Daniel Tate and Ried Wilson.

The Mediterranean Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Exporters Association from Turkey were doing their best to recover after the earthquake disasters.

The Freshcourt team were the best dressed and presented fresh guacamole and other products to the Canada market from Mexico.

Amplify Logistics Evan Sandhu, Matthew Zarzycki, Mitch Kowalewski provide warehouses, trucking and logistics services across the US, Canada and Mexico.

F&S Fresh Foods Jill Mazer and Delana Hickman say they are fresh cut processors of vegetables and fruit from Jersey in the US looking to expand in the Canada market.

Africa Haven Inc. Suzan Prima and Michael Samuel are import and distributors who partner with rural farmers in Africa to bring their tropical fruits and vegetables to North America.

Provide Agro Corporation Kevin Schooley and Sean Bartlett, specialise in tree fruit equipment, packing and for orchards.

Yerecic Label from the US had Joe Gibbons to display the wide range of labels and stickers they print for packers.

Canpaco Robert Appel and son Jarod are owners of the packaging company.

Altar Produce had Michael Stewart showing Canada their new Medjool dates grown in Mexico.

The team from Country Magic who are blueberry growers.

Kings Produce Ltd. Melissa O'Brien, Emma and her mother Carolyn Cameron are growers, packers and shippers of apples, pears and peaches in Canada and to the US.

The Kilted Chef Alain Bosse is Canada's local celebrity chef who used ingredients of producers on display to delight visitors at the Nova-Scotia pavilion during the CPMA show.

Maritime Gourmet Mushrooms Inc. Jason Giffin says they export the product to the US.

Potatoes New Brunswick's Jean-Maurice Daigle and Matt Hemphill say they export to the US, and South America.

Les Fermes GAM Michaud Farms Inc Marcel Michaud, Louise Desilets export BBQ-ready potatoes. It is a niche market with most sales in summer time in Canada and the US.

Verger Belliveau Orchard mainly exports fresh apples to the US from Canada says Brian LeBlanc.

Tuddenham Farms Ltd. had owners Todd and Troy showcase the wild blueberries they export to New England and central Canada.

The Atlantic Canada pavilion was a hub of activity during the show.

McCain Produce Inc. Mike Maclellan and Kris Mayne say they are happy to have the last bad season behind them and look to a good season this year.

ATV Farms/Green Earth Organics company owners the Agresti brothers Vivi, Travis and Anthony.

Vermeulen Farms Ltd owner Andy Vermeulen grows and sells mostly potatoes and salad vegetables domestically in Canada.

PEI Horticultural Association's Marc Schurman and Joanne Driscol.

Ali Mohammad from BASF Vegetable Seeds visited Canadian potato growers. He is based in Ontario.

den Haan Greenhouses owners Jodi and husband Luke Den Haan produce tomatoes and cucumbers for the local Canada market.

South African brothers Marius (left) and Deon Boonzaier with colleague Mariah Bradley (middle) from Algoma Orchards were happy to attend the show and visit exhibitors.

Van Meekeren Farms Ltd. Colette Van Meekeren, and brothers Michael and Stephen van Meekeren are the owners of the family farms and brand Wink apples sold in Canada and the US.

The JMC Automation in Packaging team were happy to talk to visitors at their stand.

Triple Green Products Mike Kinsey, Rob Horst says their biomass boilers are used on farms for heating.

California Agricultural Export Council had Alison Needham on hand to welcome visitors at their booth.

Vision Greens Lenny Louis Ceo, Karen Gold and Walter Villa showing their leafy greens produced in the vertical farm.

New Jersey Department of Agriculture had Christine Fries and Joe Atchison to showcase the US state in Canada.

EcoSafe Zero Waste Inc. had Cara Anderson demonstrate the use of their compostable cling film and bags.

Orora Fresh are worldwide packaging suppliers from Canada with Shawn Mckenzie, Tony Sbrocchi and Hayley Desjarlais proudly showing the different options to visitors at the show.

S.K. Cornerstone Group Inc. Natalie Adrienne, Yudi Persaud and Curtis Lambier, provide refrigerated and dry freight trucking to and from Canada.

The Salad Farm's Bertha Briseno and Ana Paco says they are leafy green salad food service and retail suppliers in the US and Canada as well as to the Caribbean, Singapore and Australia.

The team from IFCO showcasing their sustainable packaging solutions.

Nichols Farms Bill Olmstead had lovely samples of pistachios from California for visitors at the show.

Safe Food Corporation Mike Marotta and Yigit Isiker export their organic dried fruit to different parts of the world from Turkey.

Univerco's Tom Miedema says they have agricultural machinery for mainly potato and carrot farmers.

Sensitech's John Snoke and Stuart Griffiths showed the cold chain monitoring devices.

The Tramper Technology team were happy to show their latest machine to visitors at the show.

The Sun-Rype Products team were proud to display and have people taste their tasty bites.

The team from Empacadora de Aguacates San Lorenzo say they export Mexican avocados around the world.

The Honest Potato Company grow and process potatoes from seed to chips and even Vodka says Josh Bester, Trevor Downey and Nicole Comella.

Scotian Gold Cooperative Limited exports apples from Canada to South East Asia, US and domestically they supply major retailers.

Millen Farms had Clarissa and Ann Millen who are the owners and growers of wild blueberry and fresh strawberries in Canada.

Overview of the booth of Naturipe Farms.

Ben Harmon and Rob Spinelli from Anthony Vineyards.

Autumn Campbell with Matthews Ridgeview Farms.

The team from Randsland Farms Inc. in the Atlantic Pavillion

Kristi and Joey Hocutt of Triple J Produce.

BC Cherry Association’s Abby Nyberg. BC Cherry is launching the inaugural Canadian Cherry Month this year which will run July 15-August 15th.

Matthew Gideon, commodity manager with Keystone Fruit Marketing.

Bill Sheridan, Andreas Fuglesang Ensrud and Valeria Paipilla with Chestnut Hill Farms.

Chase Biggs and Shawn Hartley of Onions 52 Inc.

The team from Great Lakes Greenhouses, which had a busy booth during the show.

Quinton Woods of the team from Gwillimdale Farms came in from Bradford, Ontario for the show.

Raffaele Benedetti from Unitec Italy and Bryden Rempel from Unitec Canada.

CPMA 2023, Toronto, Ontario

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